Weather-board gage



EDWIN ULVEN, OF SOLDIER, IOWA.

WEATHER-BOARD GAGE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented May it), 1921..

Application filed January 24, 1920; Serial No. 353,737.

T 0 all whom it may concern Be it known that I, EDWIN ULVEN, a citizen of the United States, residing at Soldier, in the county of Monona and State of Towa, have invented certain, new and useful Improvements in a VVeather-Board Gage, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to gages employed for marking sawing lines upon weather boards, window and door casings, and the like, and has for one of its objects to simplify and improve the construction and increase the elliciency and utility of devices of this character.

Another object of the invention is to provide a device of this character which may be employed right or left handed without detaching or changing any of the parts.

l/Vith these and other objects in view, the invention consists in certain novel features of construction as hereinafter shown and described and then specifically pointed out in the claims, and in the drawings illustrative of the preferred embodiment of the invention.

Figure 1 is a perspective view of the improved implement.

Fig. 2 is an enlarged view inside elevation of the double acting marker or scoring element.

Fig. 8 is an enlarged transverse sectional detail of the improved implement, together with portions of the sheathing, one of the corner boards, and part of a weather board, illustrating the operation of the improved implement.

The improved implement comprises a stock or elongated body including a head portion 10 and leg portions 11 and 12, the portion 11 being spaced inwardly from the adjacent side edge or" the head 10 to produce a guideway or recess longitudinally of the body and closed at the lower end as shown at 13.

Attached to the top and one edge ot the head portion 10 is a binder strip 1 which is extended in parallel relation to the leg portion 11 and spaced therefrom and forming the outer wall of the longitudinal guidewa The lower end of the strip 14 is extended beneath the closure portion 13 and is longitudinally slotted, as represented at 16.

The face of the leg portion 11 which confronts the strip 1 1 is provided with spaced guide strips 17, the space between the latter strips corresponding to the guide slot 16, and forming an extension of the same. The spaces between the members 14: and 17 thus form two longitudinal guideways 16-16 and 26, at right angles to each other.

Slidable in the longitudinal guideway 26 produced by the portions 11 and 14 is the holding member 18.

The member 18 is provided with oppositely directed scribing or-scoringdevices 19 and 20, the latter operating in close contact respectively with the side faces of the leg portion 11, as represented in Fig. 3.

The members 1 1 and 17 form combined guide and wear members, and retain the holding member 18 and its scoring pins in true position.

The body member 101l and 12 including the closure portion 13, is preferably of one single piece of hard wood while the metal portions are preferably of steel, to withstand the wear and strains to which they will be subjected when in use.

Formed upon or attached to the holding member 18 is a stop collar 21, the latter operating between the members 14 and 17 and extending within the guideways 16 and L6, as shown in Fig. 3.

An operating handle 22 extends from the collar 21 as shown, to enable the holding member 18 to be oscillated to bring either one of the scoring pins into operative posit1on.

The holding member 18 extends beyond the pins 1920 at the ends and is rounded as shown, to form finger grips coacting with the handle 22, to enable the scoring pins to be moved over the work.

In Fig. 3 the implement is shown applied to a section of weather boarding 23, the latter being shown held against a portion of a corner board represented at 24, and the corner board in turn in position against the sheathing, represented at 25.

In using the improved implement the element to be scored or marked for sawing for instance a weather board or siding 23 is disposed transversely oi": the element against 'unich it is to be fitted endwise, for instance the corner board 24, and the implement placed over the weather board with the leg 12 and the head 10 against the adjacent face or edge of the corner board, which must necessarily be the face against which the severed end of the weather board is to be fitted.

The handle 22 is then utilized to rotate the holding member 18 to bring the point of the scoring pin which is nearest the corner board above the weather board and the holding member moved downwardly or upwardly by pressure applied against the rounded terminals of the holding members and thus produce a score line upon the outer face of the Weather board in accurate alinement with the adjacent edge of the corner board.

The implement is then removed and the weather board sawed off along the scored line and thus accurately fitted against the corner board.

If the weather board is to be fitted against the corner board at the opposite side of the building, the implement is arranged to bring the other scoring pin into play, but the operation is substantially the same.

The implement can thus be used right or left handed, as will be obvious:

WVhile I have shown the implement for the purpose of illustration arranged for use in fitting weather boards to corner boards, it will be understood that the implement can be employed for fitting various elements together, such as base boards to base blocks, window and door casings to corner blocks and to window stools, many parts of cornices and the like.

The preferred embodiment of the invention is disclosed in'the drawings and set forth in the specification, but it will be understood that any modifications within the scope of the claims may be made in the construction without departing from the principle of the invention or sacrificing any of its advantages.

What is claimed is:

1. An implement of the class described comprising an elongated body having guideways directed longitudinally thereof, a holding member extending through one of said guideways and having a guide collar extending into the other guideway, and a scoring pin carried by the member and extending externally of one of the guideways.

2. An implement of the class described comprising an elongated body having oommunicating guideways directed longitudinally thereof, and at right angles to each other, a holding member movable in one of said guideways and having a scoring pin externally of the body, and a guide collar carried by said holding member and extending into the other guideway.

3. An implement of the class described including an elongated body having communicating guideways directed longitudinally thereof, a holding member movable through one of said guideways and having a guide collar operating in the other guideway, and a scoring pin carried by the holding member.

4. An implement of the class described including an elongated body having longitudinally directed communicating guide- Ways, a holding member movable through one of said guideways and having a guide collar operating in the other of said guide ways, a scoring pin carried by said holding member, and an operating handle extending from said holding member.

In testimony whereof, I afliX my signature hereto.

EDWIN ULVEN. 

